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James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing (James Potter, #1)

by G. Norman Lippert (Goodreads Author)

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“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
― Aristotle

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“Average. It was the worst, most disgusting word in the English language. Nothing meaningful or worthwhile ever came from that word.”
― Portia de Rossi, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain

tags: average, portia-de-rossi, unbearable-lightness

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“True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else; it's about being better than you used to be.”
― Portia de Rossi, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain

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“You don't have to be emaciated or vomiting to be suffering. All people who live their lives on a diet are suffering.”
― Portia de Rossi, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain

tags: diet, portia-de-rossi, suffer, unbearable-lightness

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“Even when I took first prize, topped the class, won the race, I never really won anything. I was merely avoiding the embarrassment of losing.”
― Portia De Rossi, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain

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